Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is one solution. It is true people do not like to see some vegetation cut back but I am thinking of where it is a health and safety issue.

As part of the green and environmental debate taking place all over the world and the discussion on saving the planet, it is extraordinary what is going on with technology. There are all these new products coming on the market. We will see more and more products that are safer, environmentally friendly and will not have the effect products like Roundup do. I studied this for years and I honestly believe the more some of these weeds are sprayed, the worse they come back the following year. Spraying might kill them for a while but they seem to expand. Maybe Mr. Walsh will give us his thoughts on that. There is so much new thinking and so many new developments going on that we will probably see far safer products coming to the market in the short term.